Chapter 7: Declaring war on the Norman dynasty

"Hey, Quagrar, what's wrong with you?"

After making contact with his own flying warship, Colonel Geopta calmly returned to the armored command vehicle. The adjutant, Lieutenant Wiged, had long been standing there, with his head bowed and thoughtful, constantly pounding the pebbles on the ground with the tips of his shoes.

Hearing the colonel's voice, he raised his head, his face full of hesitation.

"Sir, there's something, uh...... Big or small, can be said or not......"

Colonel Geopta, who was upright by nature, obviously did not like others talking to him like this, and frowned to express his displeasure.

The lieutenant didn't dare to sell more: "The troops who stayed in the abandoned mine site were attacked by the enemy, and the communication vehicle of the Patelaire battalion was destroyed. ”

Colonel Geopta opened his mouth wide and was too shocked to speak.

"Of course, it's possible that it burned in an explosion, and the paper stuff burned very quickly." The lieutenant defended himself.

"But there are still traces of other paper documents, such as burnt fragments!" Colonel Gopta speculated.

The lieutenant sighed heavily as a sign of acquiescence.

"That's bad!" The Colonel crossed his hands on his hips and looked up at the sky, his face almost condensed into frost.

"All the crew members on the communication vehicle were killed, and there is no evidence of death in this matter." The lieutenant muttered to himself. Having said that, his tone and tone have already indicated his true thoughts: even if the future is uncertain, he must put the overall situation first and truthfully report to his superiors this situation that may cause heavy losses.

After a moment of thought, the colonel seemed to have made up his mind, and his gaze returned from the clear blue sky to the withered yellow ground: "I have already negotiated with the flying unit just now, and they will help us transport the wounded away." If that's the case, my opinion is...... Let the flying unit bring back the news, let the command command mobilize troops as soon as possible to hunt down the remnants of the enemy anyway, and switch all military communications to emergency methods until hidden dangers are eliminated or new code books are activated. ”

The adjutant's eyes rolled, and he guessed the colonel's intention: "So, we stay here and lure the enemy to attack?" ”

"Cancel the previous order, each battalion and company moved to local defense, not only to occupy the commanding heights, but also to find ways to plug the enemy's 'rat hole' - where did the enemy drill out before, there should be traces!"

"Yes, sir, most of them are, but it is not excluded that the enemy retains part of the alternate passage. In general, it is not easy to organize a defense here. "When it comes to military affairs, the lieutenant is back to thinking quickly and speaking quickly.

The colonel said: "It is precisely because of the difficulty of our defense that it is possible to lure the enemy in, but the thing I am most worried about is that the enemy is not moved at all, which means that they have obtained our code book nine times out of ten." ”

The lieutenant scratched his head and said, "Although we can take emergency measures, this is a terrible disaster for the communications departments of all troops. Whatever the outcome, we will be the object of their hatred and even curse. ”

"That's it! I'll have to bite the bullet and talk to the proud flying officer about it again, and hopefully he'll continue to maintain a friendly 6 posture instead of mocking us mercilessly......" the Colonel said with a bitter face.

The lieutenant hurriedly asked, "Why don't you ...... Shall I communicate with them on your behalf? ”

The colonel waved his hand, didn't speak, and turned straight towards the position where the flying battleship lowered its pod.

Lieutenant Wigde sighed lightly this time, reluctantly walked to the door of the armored communication vehicle, and shouted: "Signal soldiers assemble!" ”

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At a hidden tunnel observation port, Weiss and his two non-commissioned officers took turns monitoring the Normans' movements. Before nightfall, the three Norman ships departed in unison, but they certainly couldn't accommodate all the Norman soldiers, which meant that many Normans remained in the abandoned Lysten Iron Mine along with their undestroyed vehicles and equipment. The enemy's intentions, Weiss doesn't even need to open a special vision to guess - compared to the survival of this force, the small communication codebook is even more inmissible, so the enemy is willing to use hundreds of Norman officers and soldiers as bait to lure the federal resistance to launch a night attack, and then as long as he catches the live mouth, he can leave important clues, and then try to find a way to recover the codebook, or urgently send reinforcements to lure the attackers to come and annihilate them, and directly recapture the communication codebook.

Now that he saw through the enemy's "bitter plan" at a glance, Weiss categorically would not attack this Norman force again. On the contrary, after nightfall, he decisively dispersed the "Lorraine guerrilla fighters" who participated in the battle, and the captured enemy communication codebook was carried by the accompanying signal soldiers.

Without the vigilance of the Norman warships, the evacuation at night went very smoothly. By midnight, Weiss and his men had returned to Secret Stronghold No. 8, about 90 miles from the city of Somsonas. Located deep in the dense forest, adjacent to mountain streams, it has an abundant water source and natural caves to hide, the only drawback being that the terrain does not allow for the large-scale housing of resisters and production equipment.

After returning to the secret stronghold, the Signal Corps and the full-time telegraph operator of the former Somsonas Telegraph Office fought at night to break down the Norman communication codebook. With the characteristics of the codebook, the so-called "tackling key problems" is actually to explore and familiarize ourselves with its rules, so as to quickly interpret the enemy's communication code after intercepting it, and ensure the accuracy of the interpretation. That night, they tried to decipher two enemy codes, and the decipherment reached more than 90% - basically meeting the standard of "complete interpretation".

When he got up early in the morning and got the analyzed enemy communication telegram, Weiss was not as excited as his companions. In his view, the Norman army's unusual behavior at the abandoned Rusten Iron Mine showed that they realized that the codebook was lost rather than destroyed. If this fails, the Normans are likely to activate emergency measures, and whether they restrict radio communications or come up with a spare codebook, the value of which will be greatly diminished. In this case, the painstaking delivery of the codebook to the federal army will not only be ineffective, but may fall into the trap of the enemy. The current situation of the federal army is precarious, and I am afraid that it can no longer afford any unexpected losses.

Next, Weiss kept a close eye on the Normans in the direction he had speculated. Although none of the telegrams they intercepted mentioned the loss of the codebook, the frequency of the enemy's radio communications decreased dramatically, and soon the strong signals almost disappeared, and the stronger ones became less and less, and slowly only those radio waves emitted from distant locations remained.

The Normans' keen senses and quick reflexes in military affairs once again impressed Weiss. At this point, the point of the codebook seems to be to let the federal cryptographers study the enemy's code codes, which may add points to the Union army's future deciphering of enemy ciphers, or it may not be useful - with the military ingenuity of the Normans, they may have established a new code system with completely different coding rules. Too much to pay? With the occupation of the Kingdom of Wessex and most of the territory of the Free Commonwealth of Ulster, the Norman Empire has entered a terrifying upward channel in both material and human resources, and the longer it lasts, the greater its war potential will be!

After thinking about it, Weiss made a bold decision: use the secret telegram of the Norman army to send a declaration of war to the Norman Dynasty!

In ancient times, filial piety denounced Zhu Di for "usurping the throne", although he was difficult to "exterminate the ten clans", his loyalty and righteousness made it famous through the ages. Weiss did not have the literary brilliance of the great Confucian of the Ming Dynasty, but he was diligent and thoughtful, knew how to quote the past and discuss the present, and analyzed the "three major crimes" of the Norman Dynasty with the inherent limitations of absolute monarchy: autocracy, arbitrariness, and contempt for the lives of soldiers; The long halberd is high, the wife is sealed, and the military exploits are despised; Moody, life and death, ignoring the dedication of soldiers.

Although the list of these crimes is neither based on sufficient investigation and research, nor is it supported by generous rhetoric and rhetoric, the reasons are not sufficient, the case support is lacking, the speech is too short, the message is procrastinated, and the literary value is close to zero, but before this, no one has ever shouted in such a way, and more importantly, in the silent communication channel of the whole line, such a secret message suddenly appeared, from the front line to the rear, from the high command to the grassroots combat units, from the royal armor to the cold soldiers, Countless command headquarters accepted and interpreted this telegram, and every sentence and word of it was impressively presented in front of the communications corps, officers at all levels, and the royal relatives and nobles in the army......

At the end of the message, the Norman soldiers, who were unwilling to be lowly and unwilling to endure bullying, declared war on the lofty and invincible Norman Dynasty.

After the telegram was sent, all radio stations under Weiss's command were silent, and all activities were suspended except for necessary reconnaissance and surveillance operations, and all personnel went into a state of "hibernation." On the Norman side, none of the Norman troops gave any response to this inexplicable secret telegram, and the Norman high-ranking did not respond or express their indignation in any public way, and the Norman army's offensive on the front line seemed to be still organized in order, but the more casual it was, the more peaceful and peaceful it was, the more it felt dull before the storm.

Four days after the message "Declaration of war on the Norman Empire" was sent, a sizable Norman fleet arrived in the mountains of Lorraine, and instead of concentrating on one place, they sent ships to four military strongholds where Norman troops were stationed - Slien, Balai, Wallens, and Somsonas. As a result, a large number of Norman military gendarmes in black uniforms appeared in these towns, and the outings of ordinary Norman soldiers were greatly reduced. At the same time, smaller-tonnage cruisers cruised around, occasionally landing near villages or woods, and heavily armed marines stormed into the villages or woods, and after a search, quickly withdrew. As time went on, the Norman warships and marines surveyed more and more areas, and the chances of being discovered by the enemy increased as the Lorraine guerrillas and the Clumberg-Heissen factory equipment were scattered and hidden......

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